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Roadbuilding
Amendment aims to raise federal gas tax as part of long-term transportation bill
An amendment to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform (STRR) Act (HR 3763) filed late last week aims to raise federal gas and diesel taxes by 15 cents over a three period and would tie them to inflation. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) filed HR 680, the Update, Promote, and Develop America’s Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act on Oct. […]
November 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Richard T. Hammer named New Jersey DOT acting commissioner
Gov. Chris Christie has named Richard T. Hammer as acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), following the resignation of previous commissioner Jamie Fox in October. Hammer has been serving as assistant commissioner over the NJDOT’s Capital Program Management since 2006. “Rick’s 33-years of service to New Jersey and the department bring […]
November 2, 2015
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Roadbuilding
Road workers hurt after driving truck into giant hole
Three Indiana road workers were injured last week when the truck they were riding in fell into a large hole. According to the Indiana State Police, a construction worker with Milestone Paving Company was driving down Interstate 70 in Wayne County with two coworkers when the truck fell into a three-foot deep hole that was about 12-feet wide The crash […]
November 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway approves $132.4 million in construction contracts
The Illinois Tollway recently approved $132.4 million in construction contracts, bringing the yearly total for construction and engineering projects approvals to $909 million. The approvals are part of the Move Illinois Program, which began in 2012 and has approved roughly $4 billion in contracts to date. The Illinois Tollway says the program has “created or […]
November 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Texas approves $45 million for October Proposition 1 projects
The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) has approved three projects totaling roughly $45 million as part of the October round of the state’s Proposition 1 transportation funding program. The September round included 22 projects valued at roughly $304 million. The TTC has now approved final contract awards on 122 of the planned 200 projects. Proposition 1, approved […]
November 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Wisconsin sees vehicle miles traveled increase 9% to 60 billion miles in 2014
Drivers in Wisconsin spent so much time on the roads last year, they could have traveled to the sun and back to Earth 322 times. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, drivers clocked a high of 60 billion vehicle miles traveled in 2014. That’s 550 million miles, or 9 percent, more than in 2013. WisDOT attributes […]
November 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Volvo CE’s Road Institute holds valuable lessons for operators of all skill levels
Old dogs and new tricks. We use that reference nonchalantly when it comes to folks stuck in their ways, and there are plenty of them out there in the roadbuilding world. They’re the ones who tell you “I’ve done it this way for 30 years!” when a new method or technology is suggested. Sure, these […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Maine residents use road construction as inspiration for slightly morbid Halloween display
Residents in a small cottage community of Maine were so fed up with the delays from a road construction project that they sent the DOT workers to the graveyard shift. Figuratively, of course, and all in the spirt of Halloween. However, at least one construction worker has said the display is offensive. The Portland Press Herald reported that […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Obama signs 3-week transportation funding patch into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a transportation funding stoppage while lawmakers attempt to pass a long-term highway bill. It marks the 35th short-term patch of the bill since 2008. According to the White House, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 was signed into law […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
U.S. DOT awards $500 million in TIGER Grants for 39 transportation projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $500 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants to 39 transportation projects across the country. TIGER grants “recognize projects nationwide that will advance key transportation goals such as safety, innovation and opportunity.” USDOT said this year, which is the seventh round of the program, the agency […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Senate sends 3-week transportation funding patch to Obama’s desk
The Senate has passed a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund just a day before it was set to expire, sending the bill to the Oval Office. The Hill reported the Senate followed in the footsteps of the House of Representatives—which passed the patch Tuesday—and quickly passed the short-term measure to extend road spending until Nov. 20. […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
L.A. is looking for an artist to help lower its number of traffic deaths
Sure, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, but Los Angeles is hoping art could be worth even more lives. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced last week the city would begin accepting applicants for its first ever Creative Catalyst Artist in Residence—a program for artists to work together with city departments on “innovative ways […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
TRIP finds one-third of Maine’s local, state bridges structurally deficient or functionally obsolete
The Road Improvement Program’s (TRIP) latest report from 2014 data shows 33 percent of Maine’s locally- and state-maintained bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. TRIP also said Maine has labeled 11 percent of these bridges as poor, a rating that is similar to the federal rating of structurally deficient. The report indicates 18 percent […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
ARTBA sets schedule for LoTrans transportation management and safety virtual conference
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has set its 2015 Local Transportation Management & Safety Virtual Conference (LoTrans) for Nov. 17 from 11 am to 5 pm EST. The program is in its fourth year and there is no charge to register. LoTrans scheduled topics and speakers include: Trends in state and local transportation […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
House passes 3-week Highway Trust Fund patch for time needed to craft long-term bill
The House of Representatives has passed another short-term transportation funding patch, but the countdown to another deadline will go by much faster this time around. Lawmakers in the House approved the three-week measure Tuesday, just two days before the Oct. 29 expiration date of the Highway Trust Fund. It’s the the 35th short-term HTF patch since 2008. But […]
October 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Texas DOT worker awarded for saving life of man stuck in his truck during flood
A Texas Department of Transportation worker was honored with the department’s Extra Mile Award recently for his heroics on the job when he halted work to save the life of a man during record floods earlier this year. May 21 was already an abnormal day for maintenance officer Craig Hosts, according to a report from News […]
October 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Alabama’s Corridor X, aka I-22, requires heavy underground work
The final segment of work required connecting Corridor X, soon to be known as I-22, with I-65 in Birmingham, Alabama, presented unseen challenges. The Corridor X interchange begins northwest of I-65 and extends southeast of I-65 to U.S. 31. The interchange is complex geometrically, with four levels and nearly 20 bridges, and traffic is busy […]
October 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Georgia DOT postpones 34 projects over federal funding uncertainty
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will not release 34 federally funded projects for bids in December due to funding uncertainty. The projects, valued at $123 million, are being postponed while Congress works toward either a long-term solution or a temporary patch for funding the Highway Trust Fund. “It has been 10 years since Congress has […]
October 28, 2015
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